Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
It's not a proper sale - the government takes all responsibility for the pension deficit - running at £7 BILLION and then sells off part of the rest for something to look good on the balance sheet.
Indeed, that sounds pretty short-sighted to me. If fixed rates, 'universal' collection and delivery, and citizen/customer/taxpayer input are all seen as desireable, a gov't-run (or semi-gov't-run, as is the US) would seem desireable, even with the inevitable shortcomings of gov't enterprise.